Shoe-plate



No. 626,576. Patented June 6, I899. H. P. STUY.

SHOE PLATE.

(Application filed May 13, 1898. J

(No Model.)

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UNrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

l-IIRAM I. STOY, OF DEFIANOE, OHIO.

SHOE-PLATE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 626,576, dated June 6,1899.

Application filed May 13, 1898. Serial No. 680,597- (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, zit may concern:

Be it known that I, IIIRAM I. SToY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Defiance, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Plates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to calked plates, such as are employed upon thesoles of athletes shoes to prevent slippling; and it contemplates theprovision of coacting devices upon the sole of a shoe and a calkedplate, whereby the plate may be readily connected to and disconnectedfrom the shoe-sole without the necessity of removing the shoe from thefoot of the wearer.

The invention is designed more particularly to admit of the same shoesbeing used for pcdestrian and athletic purposes, and it will be fullyunderstood from the following description and claims when taken inconjunction with the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is alongitudinal section of a shoe with a calked plate connected to the solethereof in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2of Fig. 1 with parts in plan. Figs. 3 and a are enlarged transversesections taken on the lines 3 3 and 4 4, respectively, of Fig. &; andFig. 5 is an inverted plan view of the calked plate removed.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A is a shoe having recesses a b inits sole 0.

B is a plate, preferably of metal, which is permanently connected byscrews or other suitable means to the under side of the shoesole 0 andis provided with elongated slots d e, coincident with the recesses a b,and C is a calked plate which may be of any desired shape and size andmay be provided with any number and character of calks without departingfrom the scope of my invention. The said calked plate is provided with afixed stud f, having a T-head g, and it is also provided with arotatable or partially-rotatable stud 72, having a T-head t. The T-headg of the stud f is designed to be passed through the slot d of plate Band turned in the recess a of the shoe-sole, so as to stand across theslot (1 and assist in fastening the calked plate to the plate B.Suclrmanipulation of the stud f is effected by inserting the T-head ofsaid stud in the slot (1 of plate B while the calked plate is at rightangles to its operative position and then swinging the calked plate toits operative position. The T-head i of the stud his designed to bepassed through the slot e of the plate 13 and turned to a position atright angles to said slot While the calked plate is in its properoperative position.

D is a resilient strip which is keyed or otherwise fixed on the stud hand is designed to serve as a handle for turning said stud and as ameans for holding the samcagainst casual rotation. Said strip D ispreferably provided at its forward end. with a calkjand at anintermediate point of its lengthwith an aperture 7t, the former beingdesigned in practice to rest immediately in rear of the forward calk ofplate O and the latter to receive a pin Z, depending from the under sideof said plate C, so as to hold the resilient strip, which presses upwardagainst casual movement.

In applying the calked plate to the shoe said plate is held in aposition at right angles to its operative position and the head 9 ofstudfis passed through the slot (1 of plate B into the recess a in thesole, after which the calked plate is swung to its proper operativeposition, so as to cause the stud-head g to assume the positiontransverse of the slot 01, as shown in Fig. 1. The resilient strip D isnow swung to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, and the headi of stud h is passed through the slot 6 of plate B into the recess 1)of the shoe-sole, after which the spring-strip is returned to theposition shown by full lines in Fig. 5 and is sprung over the pin Z ofthe calked plate. With this done it will be seen that a strong anddurable connection of the calked plate to the shoe-sole is effected andthere is no liability of a casual disconnection of said plate. Whilethis is so, the plate may be readily disconnected when desired, it beingsimply necessary in order to do this to spring the strip D out ofengagement with the pin Z and turn it to the position shown by dottedlines in Fig. 5, then depress the rear end of the calked plate todisengage the stud h from the plate B, and then swing the calked plateto a position at right angles to its operative position, when the stud fmaybe disengaged from the plate B and the calked plate may be removed.

It is obvious that when desired myimprovements may be used to advantagefor connecting plates other than calked p1ates2'. e.,

'Wear-plates and the liketo shoe soles and able plate, a fixed stud onthe plate havinga head adapted to take through one slot of the.

permanently-connected plate, a rotary stud on the removable plate havinga head adapted to take through the other slot of thepermanently-connected plate,and suitable coactin g devices on the rotarystud and removable plate for holding said stud against casual rotation,substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a shoe'sole having recesses therein, a platepermanently connected to the sole and having elongated slots coincidentwith the recesses thereof, aremovable plate, a fixed stud on the platehaving a head adapted to take through one slot of thepermanently-connected plate, a rotary stud on the removable plate havingahead adapted to take through the other slot of thepermanently-connected plate, a resilient strip suitably fiXed on therotary stud, and coacting devices on the resilient strip and theremovable plate for holding said strip against casual movement,substantially as specified.

3. The combination of a shoe-sole having recesses therein, a platepermanently connected to the sole and having elongated slots coincidentWith the recesses thereof, aremovable calked plate having a dependingpin, a fixed stud on the plate having a head adapted to take through oneslot of the permanentlyconnected plate, a rotary stud on the removableplate having a head adapted to take through the other slot of thepermanentlyconnected plate,.and a resilient strip suitably fixed on therotary stud and having a calk at its free end and also having anaperture dc= signed to receive the depending pin of the removable plate,substantially as specified.

4E. The combination of a shoe-sole, a re= movable plate, coactingdevices on the plate and sole for detachably connecting the plate to thesole; the said plate device being adj ust able, and coacting means onthe adjustable plate device and the plate for holding the device againstcasual movement, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit nesses. I

, I I-IIRAM P. STOY.

Witnesses: i

M. A. WIsDA, F. L. HAY.

